It Started As a Joke

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This documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival – including a final farewell show. The film celebrates Eugene’s unique brand of humor and his role in the alternative comedy movement, offers a bittersweet goodbye to an era, and reminds us of the healing properties of comedy – even in the most challenging of life’s circumstances.

Cast & crew

Bobcat Goldthwait · Eugene Mirman · H. Jon Benjamin · Ira Glass · Janeane Garofalo · Jim Gaffigan · John Hodgman · Jon Glaser · Mike Birbiglia · Wyatt Cenac · Julie Smith Clem · Ken Druckerman